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Hanging Bog Game Management Area

Hanging Bog Game Management Area from directly overhead

Hanging Bog Game Management Area is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 616 m. Alma Hill stands 777 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Crab Hollow State Forest, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
616 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.31757, -78.23362

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Nature reserves: 28
Historic sites: 26
Artworks: 20
Museums: 7
  • Pioneer Oil Museum: 17.8 mi
  • Mather Homestead Museum: 19.5 mi
  • William Pryor Letchworth Museum: 20.9 mi
  • Humphrey Nature Center: 21.5 mi
  • Ellicottville Historical Museum: 22.6 mi
Attractions: 6
  • hidden waterfall: 7.3 mi
  • Arcade and Attica Railroad Depot: 17.8 mi
  • Genesee Falls Balloon: 19.7 mi
  • Balloons Over Letchworth Launch: 20.6 mi
  • Griffis Sculpture Park: Rohr Hill site: 23.4 mi
Gardens: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Upper Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Middle Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Lower Falls: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Parade Grounds Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
  • St Helena Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Hanging Bog Game Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Alma HillSSE 148°777 m21.7 mi
White HillSSE 156°765 m20.7 mi
Hartzfelt MountainSSW 209°735 m23.4 mi
Flatiron RockSSW 208°720 m22.8 mi
Jericho HillESE 105°717 m22.4 mi
Richburg HillSSE 161°709 m16.6 mi
Jordan HillSSE 169°708 m14.0 mi
Chapell HillWSW 238°708 m17.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4819:25
June solstice05:3720:1120:54
September equinox07:0118:3519:12
December solstice07:3915:5916:44

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232432445564676659483829
Precip in2.62.02.73.33.54.24.04.13.93.93.02.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Angelica, 11 mi away.

  • Canada Goose19 obs
  • Chestnut-sided Warbler17 obs
  • Black-capped Chickadee11 obs
  • Song Sparrow8 obs
  • Cedar Waxwing7 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird7 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee7 obs
  • Swamp Sparrow6 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357563434

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